Global Poker Index: Philipp Gruissem Returns to the Top 10

Posted at 09:35 2013-03-11 by Mickey Doft

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

Top 10 as of March 4, 2013

Rank

Player

Total Score

Rank Change

1

Marvin Rettenmaier

3,263.36

--

2

Jason Mercier

3,055.44

--

3

Dan Smith

3,053.03

--

4

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

2,985.81

--

5

Mike Watson

2,915.02

--

6

Joseph Cheong

2,904.72

--

7

Bryn Kenney

2,842.37

--

8

Philipp Gruissem

2,838.76

+6

9

Andrew Lichtenberger

2,798.09

-1

10

Vanessa Selbst

2,788.75

-1

Philipp Gruissem is back in the top 10 this week thanks to an aging score. His 10th-place finish in the $260,000 Super High Roller at the 2012 Macau High Stakes Challenge for $587,778 aged into Period 2, but Gruissem's Period 1 didn't take too much of a hit as it still contains four six-figure scores.

Welcome to the GPI

Fourteen players are new to this week's GPI, led by Amir Lehavot at No. 202. He took down a $1,900 No-Limit Hold'em side event at the Bay 101 Shootings Star series for $140,500, topping a field of 344.

Debuting on the GPI top 300 this week is Aaron Massey at No. 212, fresh off a win in a $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up event at the 2013 Chicago Poker Classic. He bested a field of 49 for $73,721.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Rodger Johnson following his win in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller event at the L.A. Poker Classic for $182,315. Meanwhile, Paul Volpe placed second in the Main Event there for $651,170 and rose 87 places as a result.

Biggest Gains

Rank

Player

Total Score

Change in Rank From Last Week

42nd

Noah Schwartz

2,116.11

+34

60th

Jeremy Ausmus

1,942.45

+47

67th

Ana Marquez

1,868.01

+35

69th

Taylor Paur

1,850.69

+32

79th

Paul Volpe

1,817.87

+87

101st

Alex Venovski

1,696.73

+81

116th

Galen Hall

1,632.11

+69

121st

David Peters

1,615.55

+40

144th

Nicholad Verkaik

1,529.38

+109

152nd

Rodger Johnson

1,502.48

+118

170th

John Racener

1,419.75

+42

174th

Thomas Gabriel

1,407.71

+56

Falling the furthest was Vadzim Kursevich as his third-place finish in a €5,000 PLO event at the 2011 WPT Paris aged into Period 4.

Biggest Drops

Rank

Player

Total Score

Change in Rank From Last Week

86th

John Juanda

1,772.41

-29

91st

Phil Ivey

1,748.32

-38

158th

JP Kelly

1,454.80

-48

216th

Tomeu Gomila

1,271.66

-29

235th

Sam Trickett

1,223.76

-29

273rd

Artem Litvinov

1,146.20

-32

274th

Alex Kravchenko

1,143.63

-34

275th

Vadzim Kursevich

1,143.43

-51

297th

Jake Bazeley

1,116.20

-34

300th

Dmitry Gromov

1,114.17

-48

What's In Store?

Results from the Bay 101 Series will continue to take GPI form as the High Roller and Main Event will wrap up shortly. Among the players that will rise are David Sands (No. 13) and Nick Schulman (No. 48) from their High Roller cashes. From the Main Event Paul Volpe (No. 79) and Erik Seidel (No. 76) are at the final table and will see big boosts. Antonio Esfadiari (No. 71), Christian Harder (No. 52), and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (No. 4) also made deep runs and should rise. In ElkY's case, we think he has a chance to rise to No. 2.

GPI Fantasy Poker Value Pick of the Week

With the recent launch of the GPI Fantasy Poker Manager on Facebook, we thought we'd lend a helping hand in putting together your roster.

Here's how the GPI Fantasy Poker Manager works. Much like other fantasy sports, you are given a budget with which to pick a number of poker players for your team. When these poker players finish in the money of real poker events, you are awarded points. Finish with the most points and you win. It's that simple.

We'll be providing at least one "value" pick each week for your fantasy poker team. Here's our top selection for the EPT London Main Event, which begins Sunday, March 10.

Tim Reilly — 25,860: He cashed in the EPT Deauville Main Event and took second in the Super High Roller there, too, so the Massachusetts native is finding a groove overseas.

Griffin Benger - 10,000: One of the best online tournament players you're probably not too familiar with, "FlushEntity" is starting to make his mark on the live scene. Most recently, he finished 33 of 987 in the PCA Main Event, so for 10,000 he's a bargain.

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